Show-box for jewelry



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L. BREIDBNSTEIN.

SHOW BOX -E'OR JEWELRY.`

Patented Dec. 5, 18-82.

NITED Tares FFEE@ ATENT sHow-Box FOR JEWELRY.

SPECIFICATION formng part of Letters Patent No. 268,454, dated December 5, 1882. ApplicationfiledAugust,1882. (NomodeL) i To all whom 'it may conern Be it known that I, LEONHARDT BREIDEN- STEIN, of the city and county of San Francisco. State of California, haveinvented an Improved Show`Box for Jewelry; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof. i

My invention relates to a novel Construction 'of boxes which are intended to contain r'ngs,

pins, and otherjewelry; and it consists of slots or openigs into which the article is to be fitted, these openings having one or both sides made elastic, or with elastic springs behind, so that an opening will easily be made t'or the introduction of articles of different sizes, and they will be held -firnly in place.

lteferrin g to the aecompaying drawings for a more complete explanation ot' my invention, Figure l is a transverse section, showing one form of my device. Figs. 2 and 3 show its application to different kinds of jewelry-boxes.

My device may be employed in single boxes for rings, pins, Sto., or in boxes' for sets, or in larger boxes where a oonsiderable assortment may be displayed, and it enables me to place rings or other articles of various sizes in any one, ot' the eompartments, ou account of the adjustability of the opening.

The compartmet is usually made of two sides, A B, extending up above the intervening portion, U, so as to leave an open space i above it and between the sides. To the side i A is hinged a leat' or flap, D, which extends across, so that its free edge passes beneath the inwardly-curved edge of the side B. Beneath the hinged leaf D is a spiral spring', E, so placed as to press itoutward against the edge ot' B, thus closing the slot between the two, but allowing an opening of any reasonable width to be made by the simple pressure of inserting the ring, pin, or other article.

It will be seen that in some cases theleaf D might be made as the continuation of the side A, 'the whole being made of thin steel or other elastio material, and seeured near the bottom, so that the upper part would yield to the pressure of the entering article, as before described.

For rings or similar articles, either in a single box or in trays, I prel'er to have the yielding leat' toward the front, as it is easier to insert the article; butfor pins, when a set (of pin and ear-rings) is put in a case, the yielding side may be at the rear, while the elasps ot' the ear-rin'gs would enter a slotextending toward the lront and at right angles with the pin-slot, in which case either the inside or the outside might be made to yeld.

I have preferred to make the yielding leat' with a hinge-joint and a spring beneath, as at first described, because the opening is a more direct one than if the eurved spring were enployed, and allow it to be made larger, when necessary, without greatly altering the shape ot' the case.

The whole case is upholstered in velvet, satiu, or any suitable or desirable material, in the usual manner.

Having tlus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a show box or case for jewelry, the holding sides A B for the jewel, having attacled to one of the sides the hinged leaf D, and actuating-spring E, or equivalent device, for closing the slot between the sidcs, substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand.

L. BREIDENSTEIN.

Witnesses S. El. NOURSE, GEO. W. EMERSON. 

